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Blackfriars Bridge South Garden Blackfriars Road London Southwark SE1 9UF

25/AP/2571Works to a Tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 27 October 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to trees with a TPO: T1, T2, T3, and T4 (of TPO 43 per the map contained within the TPO) - crown thin by 10-20% (as agreed with the City of London Corporation who maintain the trees following a site visit earlier in 2025).

Received
8 September 2025
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Agent
TMA Environmental Consultants
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Blackfriars Bridge South Garden Blackfriars Road London Southwark SE1 9UF. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 182 applications across Borough & Bankside. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at London Borough of Southwark were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SE1 9UF
Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Target decision date
17 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
TMA Environmental Consultants
Agent address
2 The Stables Cannons Mill Lane Bishop's Stortford CM23 2HJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+2 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 43Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Southwark

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